Emmys 2012: What Should Win Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series? Take Our Poll!

Next up on the episode-specific portion of our “Who Should Win” Emmy poll series: the contest for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.

Modern Family – last year’s winner and category dominator — is back with two episodes in the running: the Jason Winer-directed “Virgin Territory” and the Steven Levitan-helmed “Baby on Board.” The ABC sitcom has some stiff competition in HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, whose nominated director (Robert B. Weide for “Palestinian Chicken”) has four prior nods – and won the race in 2003.

The rest of the field consists of category newbies. Lena Dunham’s direction of Girls’ “She Did” episode on HBO nabbed a nomination, as did Louis C.K. for the “Duckling” episode of FX’s Louie, and Jake Kasdan for Fox’s New Girl pilot.

What would you do if you had the power to honor one of these fine shows when the Emmys are handed out in September? Choose your favorite in our poll below – the TVLine voting closes Sept. 14, so act now! – then hit the comments to justify your pick!

Every day for the next month, we’ll launch another “Who Should Win” Emmy poll, so come back to TVLine.com every day to weigh in on who’s most worthy of TV’s biggest honor. And to stay up to speed on all our races, follow Michael Slezak on Twitter @MichaelSlezakTV.